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Mar 04
Sixty New Children Enrolled in Zambia
Luyando Community School, which is established and fully funded by Give Hope in Zambia, has accepted sixty new children in this new academic year. Robertson, Benson and Janet are the three new teachers added to the team to provide quality service to the existing and newly enrolled children. The school which started in 2005 enrolling the first sixty-three children in preschool has now grown up to grade six providing free education to well over 400 children who come from destitute families of Kamafwessa community. Thank you sponsors for making this possible.
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Jan 11
Christmas party in Zambia and Ethiopia
Give Hope celebrated Christmas with a bang! this year in Zambia. Approximately 300 people showed up to celebrate Christmas. We were blessed with wonderful weather while kids and adults alike watched the movie under the stars. Many children had never experienced watching a film on such a large scale - they sat fascinated by the sound and the pictures. The movie was followed by fireworks by fireworks, singing and snacks. The kids went wild when we lit over 30 fireworks and they exploded into the air. They were singing and doing cartwheels and just so filled with joy. What a wonderful gift to give - the gift of joy. We followed it up by distributing juice and over 1000 fritters which meant that everyone got at least 3-4. It was a night of abundance, love and lots of sugar!! What a blessing! Likewise, Give Hope has celebrated Christmas with over 140 children living and/or working on the streets in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 'Kuliche' (this is his street name; on picture with microphone) is one of the children participating in the event. He comes from a family of ten and is forced to work in the streets for survival. On average he makes about 10ETB (i.e. about 60 US cents) per a day. Today, he made only 7ETB as he had to rush earlier for the dinner organised by Give Hope. Most of the time, he gives all the money he makes to his mother who struggles to raise 9 children all by herself.
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Dec 19
Bicycle Programme
Children supported by Give Hope in Zambia are undergoing interviews to benefit from a bicycle programme created to help young people who have to walk great distances to school. It is very sad to learn that some kids spend several hours walking to school every day! Sydney (see picture) is one of the boys to have been interviewed. He travels 15km in each direction everyday! That's almost six hours walking a day, and we're not talking about sidewalk walking - but rough roads! Sydney is not the only one. His brother also travels about the same distance to another school. Such commitment to their education deserves as much help as we can give. The programme has been made possible through support raised by Natasha Bomba, a missionary volunteer who has been working with Give Hope in Zambia, to provide four children with bicycles. We are now aiming to raise the number of beneficiary children to ten. It costs only £60 to buy a bicycle. If you would like to make this possible for six more children, please click on the following link to donate. http://www.justgiving.com/givehopetrust/donate Thank you!
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